Thursday, 24 October 2013

Autumn Almanack - The Kinks

Dinner with Bowie, Sheila, Paul and Annie last night turned into
a late one, in fact this shot of the
KING GEORGE the THIRD STATUE in WEYMOUTH
was taken just before boarding the last bus to Portland at 23:15.

Overnight,
the weather remained perfect for Moth catching so much so the first
Insect out of the trap at Weston Street was the first specimen I have
ever caught of

CLANCY'S RUSTIC

later followed by a further 2 in the Secret Garden.
Others caught between the 2 traps included

LARGE WAINSCOT

BLAIR'S SHOULDER-KNOT

and GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT
the first I have caught since returning to Mothing.

However, thought the best catch of the day was not a Moth at all

but this beautifully coloured and patterned and as yet unidentifiedIchneumon Waspclick on this link to see how some of these creatures procreate!If you can enlighten us please send to captbagsy@btinternet.com While attending to the trap at Secret's therewere also good
numbers of birds passing overhead, mostly identified on 'call'.
First was a lone
GOLDEN PLOVER

followed by a few
MEADOW PIPIT,

SISKIN,

SKYLARK,

GREENFINCH
plus a single

SONG THRUSH
At the Portland Bird Observatory we were met by a couple of
distant RAVEN and a

LITTLE OWL

in
the neighbouring quarry. It seems to have been something of an Owl day
as there were those who saw c2 each of Little and Barn Owl, while another
observer saw c3 Short-eared Owls in the Top Fields. Finally, from our
Temporary Representative in Cornwall these 3 fine and no too common
species none of which I have ever seen.

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Born Beeston, Notts 1946, my family moved to Dorset 1959. Joined the Royal Navy age 15 years and 50 days serving 10 years. In frigates firstly then over 5 years in Submarines as a Seaman/Diver, reaching the dizzy heights of Leading Seaman before leaving to join the Merchant Service, working in Ocean Salvage and Harbour Tugs, passenger / cargo ships, trials vessels, etc. Qualified as Mate (Chief Officer) in 1976 and as Master (Captain) in 1978. For my final 20 years of 47 I worked in the Offshore Oil Industry initially on the drilling rig Stena Hunter, then the accommodation barge Borgland Dolphin and finally the Floating Production Platform Buchan Alpha. On the rigs I forged a number of long lasting friendships several of whom shared some of my extensive travels. Setting foot on Caymen, Bermuda, Bahamas and The Azores in March 2013 brought my countries total to 147. The best, undoubtedly, was Antarctica, followed by Australia, Mongolia, Belize, Zimbabwe, China and Madagascar, in no particular order. As for my greatest achievement in life, my 2 beautiful daughters bear witness to that. Love to all our readers, your in my thoughts. Bagsy